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Spelling Dolch sight words

by Inez

Jan 13, 2011

I have two level 1 students (3rd grade) who are not retaining the spelling of primer-grade 3 Dolch sight words. Does anyone recommend a teaching strategy or even a program which could help?

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arachgold2007 Could you give an example of some of the words along with their misspelings?

On 1/13/11, Inez wrote: > I have two level 1 students (3rd grade) who are not > retaining the spelling of primer-grade 3 Dolch sight words. > Does anyone recommend a teaching strategy or even a program > which could help?

Jan 15, 2011

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Jan 17, 2011

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Inez Open is "opin", were is "wrer", read is "reder", use is "yes", which is either "wech" or "witc". Thanks for any input you can give to help me teach. I've already taught the boys in a small group, chunking words/phonemes, teaching syllables and clapping syllables aloud as we spell the words.

On 1/15/11, arachgold2007 wrote: > Could you ...See More

Jan 18, 2011

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Grace/IL It looks as though these students have some idea of what letters belong in particular words but haven't figured out the order. Of course, some of them are the irregular words that need to be learned by rote.

"open" (opin)-- This is spelled quite the way we say it. Maybe teach them to say o-pen, emphasizing the /e/ sound.

"were" -...See MoreIt looks as though these students have some idea of what letters belong in particular words but haven't figured out the order. Of course, some of them are the irregular words that need to be learned by rote.

"open" (opin)-- This is spelled quite the way we say it. Maybe teach them to say o-pen, emphasizing the /e/ sound.

"were" -- One of those rote words. If you can teach them w-er and then add the e. I think of here, were, where, and there as companion words for spelling but pronunciation vary widely. Perhaps put these four words on cards for them to memorize.

"read" -- It appears they haven't mastered the primary spellings for long e (or are you asking them to spell the past tense of 'read' which would account for the first three letters?) Spelling that 'red' might be logical but where did they get the final er?

"use" -- The need to think of the most frequent spelling for long u: u_e. It appears they are using phonetic knowledge of y and then writing something that looks familiar. If they understand that use (noun) and use (verb) are spelled the same although we pronounce them differently.

"which" -- another rote word. However, they're doing some things right. There is a subtle difference in pronunciation when teaching spelling. If you teach them that the beginning sound here is more of an /hw/ but we spell it in reverse. 'Which' is one of only five words in the English language in which the /ch/ sound after a short vowel is spelled 'ch' -- rich, which, much, such, and touch. In all other cases, after short vowels it is spelled 'tch'. Teaching those five words as a group may help.

I think if you try to really analyze their misspellings, you'll be able to help them. I wish you well.

Grace

On 1/18/11, Inez wrote: > Open is "opin", were is "wrer", read is "reder", use is "yes", > which is either "wech" or "witc". Thanks for any input you can > give to help me teach. I've already taught the boys in a small > group, chunking words/phonemes, teaching syllables and clapping > syllables aloud as we spell the words. > > > On 1/15/11, arachgold2007 wrote: >> Could you give an example of some of the words along with >> their misspelings? >> >> >> >> On 1/13/11, Inez wrote: >>> I have two level 1 students (3rd grade) who are not >>> retaining the spelling of primer-grade 3 Dolch sight words. >>> Does anyone recommend a teaching strategy or even a program >>> which could help?

Jan 19, 2011

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